GLSA 201706-06: ImageWorsener: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	ImageWorsener: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/06/2017
Bugs:	#618014
ID:	201706-06

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ImageWorsener, the worst of which allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impact.

Background

ImageWorsener is a cross-platform command-line utility and library for image scaling and other image processing.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-gfx/imageworsener	< 1.3.1	>= 1.3.1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ImageWorsener. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted image file using ImageWorsener, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impacts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ImageWorsener users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/imageworsener-1.3.1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201706-06.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.